Paint & Coatings Manufacturer News
August 9, 2005
Oxyplast Belgium N.V. announced the opening of a new state-of-the-art factory in Ghent, Belgium.
Oxyplast, a producer of powder coatings, employs 65 people and had sales of $10.9 million last year,
according to the company…
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August 9, 2005
ICI Dulux Paint Centers and Dodge have teamed up to offer professional painters a chance to win one of
four new Dodge Ram cargo vans or pickups, complete with a free ladder from Werner Ladder. This
year’s sweepstakes runs from Nov. 1 throug…
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August 9, 2005
California Hardcoating Company has announced the commercial release of a clear, super-hard coating
called Perma-New, a liquid blend of silica and resin that allows manufacturers to hardcoat their own
products. Perma-New coatings are room temperat…
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August 9, 2005
DuPont recently sponsored a car painting contest
at the 2001 Seoul, Korea, 36th World Skills
Competition, providing finishes, mixing
machines and technical support. “As an official
sponsor of the car painting contest, we were
able to commu…
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August 9, 2005
l PPG and Behr Systems. Inc. have joined forces to make mass customization and faster color changes a reality for OEM car manufacturers. Dynamic FlexColors is a new system that enables coatings components and application technologies to work in conju…
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August 9, 2005
Nippon Paint and Dianippon Ink and Chemicals have announced plans to form a joint venture that will manufacture and market primers for colored steel plates for use in the construction and consumer electronics industry. The report came from the Kyodo…
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August 9, 2005
l KCC Thermocoat, a member of the KCC Group of companies, has developed a new technology for corrosion protection of concrete and steel substrates. The new technology uses flame and molten spray thermoplastic materials, which have substantial advant…
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August 9, 2005
BASF’s automotive OEM coatings regional business unit has been presented with Saturn’s outstanding supplier achievement award for the second consecutive year. According to Saturn Corp., BASF supplied coating systems with no defects or re…
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August 9, 2005
More Than Your Basic Plaque:
To showcase its award from Saturn, outside BASF’s automotive campus in Southfield, MI is a Saturn Coupe painted with an experimental bright orange metallic finish. The finish, developed in BASF’s color develo…
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August 9, 2005
Ace Hardware Corp.’s Ace Royal paints helped to create the special look of the Coastal Living Idea house in Beaufort, S.C. Ace’s interior and exterior paints were donated to the project by Ace retailer Gaster Lumber & Hardware in Gar…
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August 9, 2005
Ace Hardware
Stores On the Rise
Have you driven past your local hardware store? It may have changed to Ace Hardware store. Ace Hardware Corp has announced that 119 hardware stores joined its retailer-owned coop from other wholesalers in the indu…
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August 9, 2005
Loctite Corp. has also been honored by Ford for zero defects for four consecutive years at its Lima., OH engine manufacturing plant, making Loctite the only adhesives and sealant supplier to win the honor. Ford Motor Company defines “zero&rdqu…
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August 9, 2005
l Sherwin-Williams and Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia have announced the pilot launch of a color palette program consisting of 416 interior paint colors under the Martha Stewart Signature name. Available exclusively at Sherwin-Williams stores, the…
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August 9, 2005
l Demand for automotive coatings, sealants and adhesives in the U.S. is forecast to rise 2.4% to reach 2.3 billion pounds in 2005, valued at $6.8 billion, according to a new study from The Freedonia Group, based in Cleveland, OH. Automotive coatings…
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August 9, 2005
Hirshfield’s Paint Manufacturing, Inc. put their recycled paint to good work this past summer at the Minneappolis, MN Metro Paint-A-Thon, which helps elderly and disabled city residents give their homes a new coat of paint. Volunteers from corp…
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